The ICJ’s first determination of war reparations: Practical challenges and legal solutions / Zoom In
The use of experts by the International Court of Justice in war reparations cases: lessons from Congo v Uganda
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The ICJ’s first determination of war reparations: Practical challenges and legal solutions / Zoom In
War reparations as a financial burden on the responsible State: The Congo v Uganda case
1. Introduction The International Court of Justice’s decision of 9 February 2022 on reparations in the Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo case (the Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) raises some important questions concerning States’ responsibility for the violation of the prohibition of the use of force and their obligations under...
The ICJ’s first determination of war reparations: Practical challenges and legal solutions / Zoom In
Remarks on the role of equity in determining war reparations before the International Court of Justice
1.Introduction The Second Congo War broke out in August 1998, just a year and a few months after the First one.[1] It ended in July 2003 and it is considered to be the deadliest war after the Second World War. Many States and non-state actors have been involved in this bloody armed conflict and each...
The ICJ’s first determination of war reparations: Practical challenges and legal solutions / Zoom In
Causality in the law of State responsibility: Considerations on the Congo v Uganda case
1. Introduction It is an established principle of international customary law that reparation must ‘as far as possible, wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act and reestablish the situation which would, in all probability, have existed if that act had not been committed’.[1] Article 31 of the International Law Commission (ILC) Articles on...
